diff --git a/browserid/static/dialog/resources/browserid-network.js b/browserid/static/dialog/resources/browserid-network.js
index f49b37c4279c38395046877c190969a3893adb0f..7fa3212803a85f7a77433d94f97ff07cb7a1b347 100644
--- a/browserid/static/dialog/resources/browserid-network.js
+++ b/browserid/static/dialog/resources/browserid-network.js
@@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ var BrowserIDNetwork = (function() {
 
     /**
      * Call with a token to prove an email address ownership.
-     * @method proveEmailOwnership
+     * @method completeEmailRegistration
      * @param {string} token - token proving email ownership.
      * @param {function} [onSuccess] - Callback to call when complete.  Called 
      * with one boolean parameter that specifies the validity of the token.
      * @param {function} [onFailure] - Called on XHR failure.
      */
-    proveEmailOwnership: function(token, onSuccess, onFailure) {
+    completeEmailRegistration: function(token, onSuccess, onFailure) {
       withCSRF(function() {
         xhr.ajax({
           type: "POST",
diff --git a/browserid/static/dialog/test/qunit/browserid-network_test.js b/browserid/static/dialog/test/qunit/browserid-network_test.js
index ef50db43801ad0cbb73eec0cf2f484b1690b0f1c..653a4023b6f549cd09e7c2994e1385d6e76a40bb 100644
--- a/browserid/static/dialog/test/qunit/browserid-network_test.js
+++ b/browserid/static/dialog/test/qunit/browserid-network_test.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ steal.plugins("jquery", "funcunit/qunit").then("/dialog/resources/browserid-netw
 
 
   test("complete_email_addition valid", function() {
-    network.proveEmailOwnership("goodtoken", function onSuccess(proven) {
+    network.completeEmailRegistration("goodtoken", function onSuccess(proven) {
       equal(proven, true, "good token proved");
       start(); 
     }, function onFailure() {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ steal.plugins("jquery", "funcunit/qunit").then("/dialog/resources/browserid-netw
 
   test("complete_email_addition with invalid token", function() {
     xhr.useResult("invalid");
-    network.proveEmailOwnership("badtoken", function onSuccess(proven) {
+    network.completeEmailRegistration("badtoken", function onSuccess(proven) {
       equal(proven, false, "bad token could not be proved");
       start(); 
     }, function onFailure() {
diff --git a/browserid/views/prove.ejs b/browserid/views/prove.ejs
index 8814e62f3e14e28ea8cfe7ebc5b3ed1569b5a9fa..17439c745cfb5ba0b5714d53c78af35e39cc9bef 100644
--- a/browserid/views/prove.ejs
+++ b/browserid/views/prove.ejs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function failure(why) {
 
 $(function() {
     var token = getParameterByName("token");
-    BrowserIDNetwork.proveEmailOwnership(token, function onSuccess(valid) {
+    BrowserIDNetwork.completeEmailRegistration(token, function onSuccess(valid) {
         if (valid) {
           success();
         } else {